Department of History

Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya

The present Course Structure of the Department List of Courses:

100 Level

HIS 101 : Social and Economic History of Sri Lanka up to 1600 AD
HIS 102 : Social and Economic History of Sri Lanka 1600-1948 AD

200 Level

HIS 201: History of the Indian Sub-Continent from 6th Century BC to 320 AD
HIS 202: History of the South Asian Sub-Continent from 1707 to 1858 AD
HIS 203: History of Modern Europe 1453 to1789 AD
HIS 204: Ancient Civilizations
HIS 205: History of Fine Arts in the Ancient South Asian Sub-Continent
HIS 206: History of the Indian Sub-Continent from 320 to 1206 AD
HIS 207: History of the Indian Sub-Continent 1858 – 1975 AD
HIS 208: History of Modern Europe II 1789 – 1975 AD
HIS 209: History of Pre-modern Europe
HIS 210: History of Fine Arts in Pre-modern Sri Lanka

300 level


HIS 301: Selected Themes in Sri Lankan History up to 1500 AD
HIS 302: History of South East Asia up to 1600 A.D. I: Political and Social Institutions.
His 303: History of Ancient East Asia I: Selected Themes in Chinese History up to1600 A.D.
His 304: Selected Themes in Indian History I: The Delhi Sultanate and Vijayanagara
His 305: History of Asian Commerce up to 1000 AD
His 306: History of South East Asia from 1600 to 1948 AD
His 307: Colonialism Theory and Practice I
His 308: History of the Twentieth Century World, 1914 – 1945
His 309: Nationalism and its Problems from the Early 16th Century to 1945 A.D.
His 310: History of East Asia from 1600 A.D. : Selected Themes of Chinese History
His 311: Diplomatic and Strategic History of the Indian Ocean
HIS 312: Archival Studies
HIS 313: History of Feminism and Women in South Asia
HIS 314: Selected Themes in Sri Lankan History from A.D. 1500
HIS 315: History of South East Asia up to 1600 A.D. II : Insular South East Asia
HIS 316: History of Ancient East Asia II : Japan and Korea up to 1600 A.D.
HIS 317: Selected Themes in Indian History II : The Mughal Empire
HIS 318: History of Asian Commerce II 1000 to 1800 A.D.
HIS 319: History of South East Asia from 1939 A.D. to the present
HIS 320: Colonialism Theory and Practice II : Selected Themes
HIS 321: History of the Twentieth Century World since 1945
HIS 322: Nationalism and its Problems II: From the end of the Second World War to the Present
HIS 323: History of East Asia from 1600 AD: Selected Themes of Japanese and Korean History
HIS 324: Diplomatic and Strategic History of the Indian Ocean II from 1945 to the Present
HIS 325: History of the USA: Selected Themes

400 Level

HIS 401: History of Sri Lanka from the Third Century B.C. to the Middle of the Sixth Century A.D. (Chronicles and Literary Sources)
HIS 402: Sources of Ancient History (Literature)
HIS 403: Social Theories and Institutions of the South Asian Sub-continent up to Circa 1200 A.D.
HIS 404: Identification of Sources for the Study of Socio-Political Developments in Sri Lanka 1796-1931 AD
HIS 405: Western Political Thought – Some Thematic Issues up to the French Revolution
HIS 406: Historiography (Historical Method and Philosophy of History)
HIS 407: Analysis of Sources for the Study of Socio-Political Developments in Sri Lanka 1796 – 1931 AD
HIS 408: Issues of Colonial State Formation and National Integration in Post-Colonial Sri Lanka
HIS 409: History of Sri Lanka from the Third Century B.C. to the Middle of the Sixth Century A.D. (Epigraphy and Archaeological Sources)
HIS 410: Sources of Ancient History (Epigraphy)
HIS 411: Political Theories and Institutions of the South Asian Sub-Continent up to Circa 1200 A.D.
HIS 412: Identification of Sources for the Study of Socio-Political Developments in Sri Lanka, 1931 to the Present Day.
HIS 413: Analysis of Sources for the study of Socio-Political developments in Sri Lanka, 1931 to the Present Day.
HIS 414: Ethnicity and National Integration in Post-Colonial South Asia
HIS 415: Western Political Thought – Some Thematic Issues from the French Revolution to the Present Day.
HIS 416: Historiography (Eastern and Western Historiography Tradition)
HIS 499: Dissertation